Seattle Nice Debate Night!

Cringe through the VP debate, then watch your Seattle Nice hosts grill the city council candidates live at Town Hall Seattle

By Erica C. Barnett

Join the hosts of Seattle Nice—that’s me, Sandeep Kaushik, and David Hyde, for a debate watch party at Town Hall Seattle at 6 pm on Tuesday, October 1!

We'll livestream the vice presidential debate on stage (with beer and wine available for all your J.D. Vance "childless women" drinking games), followed by an in-person debate between the candidates for Seattle City Council Position 8, Tanya Woo and Alexis Mercedes Rinck.

Woo, a Chinatown-International advocate who led the fight against the expansion of a Salvation Army shelter near the neighborhood, was appointed by the Seattle City Council to a citywide position after she narrowly lost her race against District 2 incumbent Tammy Morales. Rinck, who works as a fiscal policy analyst at the University of Washington, led subregional planning for the King County Regional Homelessness Authority, an agency Woo recently said had “failed” in its mission.

We’ll talk about the candidates’ records, along with issues like police funding, homeless encampment sweeps, and the council’s recent crackdowns on drug users and sex workers, at this lively debate next week. We hope to see you there!

Seattle City Council Debate and VP Debate Livestream

The Great Hall, Town Hall Seattle
1119 Eighth Avenue (enter on Eighth Avenue)
Tuesday, October 1, 6:00 pm